Rachel Reeves will certainly be between a rock and hard place. Doing a future deal for no or lower tariffs on Chinese made EVs won’t help with the rebuilding the relationship with the EU
There is still more to be done…
Trade unions must be consulted and have a seat at the table
The recent X interview Musk conducted with Trump, was a technical shambles with a delayed start.
‘Trump is on the back foot and US unions are now openly fronting up their members and their families to vote for Harris.’
With growing opposition among UK voters to Brexit, the damage it has done and an increase in ‘buyers remorse’ any improvements to relations with the EU should be popular in the EU itself.
‘The scrapping of record keeping means the regulations on long working hours effectively become unenforceable.’
The UK seems well behind the curve on green industrial policy and is increasingly left standing watching on the sidelines.
Many of the agreements are ‘continuity’ or ‘rollover’ agreements, which replicate the deals we already had previously as members of the EU.
‘All in all, the fantasy of countries queuing up to sign trade agreements with ‘Global Britain’ and filling the gap left by Brexit remains just that – a fantasy.’
